The mid-November darkness settles early in the afternoon. As my window dims, a tall man with a chocolate complexion peeks through the door. “Charity,” his rich baritone voice fills my small room, “I’m one of…
Race, Lineage, and the 1920s-1940s Genealogical Society of Utah As a complement to Dialogue’s fall 2018 issue commemorating the end of the Church’s race-based restrictions, we offer an audio-with-slides presentation by Stirling Adams of “Mormon…
By Tyler Chadwick Elizabeth Garcia. Stunt Double. Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2016. 31 pp. Paper: $14.49. ISBN: 9781944251833. Preliminaries Prose will not capture some people, the way they drift. (1) Hence, poetry:…
This article is in conjunction with the art featured in the new 2018 Winter Issue. Life is fleeting and fragile—you never know when it might flicker and go out. Like a quivering leaf in November,…
(This Question and Answer took place between Dialogue and Quincy D. Newell, an associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College and co-editor of the Mormon Studies Review. Dr. Newell recently finished her new book,…
For more articles like this, please visit the Fall 2018 Issue. “Ordained an elder by Ambrose Palmer, 25 Jan. 1836!” This document makes clear a significant seam of truth in Latter-day Saint history and storytelling.…
For more articles like this, please visit the Fall 2018 Issue. Being a black Latter-day Saint and knowing that Elijah Abel was ordained to the priesthood reinforces my belief that God is no respecter of…
For more articles like this, please visit the Fall 2018 Issue. It was around midday. 12:30 to be exact. You can have some hallucinatory experiences around that time. Especially when you haven’t eaten and the…
As Mormons, we raise our voices to decry as wholly immoral the forces of white supremacy, racism, and neo-Nazism that are becoming more visible and emboldened in the United States.
In the spirit of Gene’s writings, entries should relate to Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. Essays will be judged by noted Mormon authors and professors of literature. Winners will be notified by email and announced in our Winter issue and on Dialogue’s website. After the announcement, all other entrants will be free to submit their essays elsewhere.